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Published in TZ Latest News 2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

U.S. expects commercial data-sharing deal with EU ‘very soon’

The United States expects it will be able to clinch an agreement “very soon” with the European Union on a deal allowing companies to easily transfer data across the two blocs, a U.S. government representative said on Tuesday. The European Commission, the EU executive, reopened the Safe Harbour agreement, which makes it easier for companies to transfer EU citizens’ data to the United States, after revelations about U.S. mass surveillance activities involving European citizens sent shockwaves across the continent.

Published in TZ Latest News 2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

U.S. expects commercial data-sharing deal with EU ‘very soon’

The United States expects it will be able to clinch an agreement “very soon” with the European Union on a deal allowing companies to easily transfer data across the two blocs, a U.S. government representative said on Tuesday. The European Commission, the EU executive, reopened the Safe Harbour agreement, which makes it easier for companies to transfer EU citizens’ data to the United States, after revelations about U.S. mass surveillance activities involving European citizens sent shockwaves across the continent.